Network Engineer – Daily rate contract

Overview

The successful candidate will be working as part of project teams in planning, completing detailed designs underpinned by architectures, T2P, testing, implementation and warranty support of diverse projects employing different technologies across businesses within Europe.

Skills / Qualifications

• A third level qualification and/or certification in a technical area.
• Minimum of 8 years experience in a senior technical role in a multi-national company.
• Excellent working knowledge of Cisco WAN equipment. Strong routing skills (OSPF & BGP)
• Good knowledge of Cisco LAN equipment (Catalyst & Nexus)
• Strong Content switching/F5 experience would be of benefit. In particular exposure to WAF.
• Excellent working knowledge of Checkpoint Firewalls (clustering, VRRP, VSX & remote VPN) would be of benefit.
• Certification such as Cisco CCNP/CCIE or Checkpoint CCSE.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• The ability to work as part of a team, to deadlines and on own initiative
• The ability to logically troubleshoot problems to a satisfactory resolution
• Working knowledge of ITIL

Responsibilities

• Plans and leads implementation of Network systems into Production
• Work with peers across the enterprise to share knowledge and ensure consistent enterprise standards are maintained.
• Provides technical guidance regarding technology and proposed upgrades to equipment.
• Writes and maintains operating, maintenance and standards manuals for Network infrastructure.
• Manage short – Medium term projects to successful completion.
• Guides other analysts in troubleshooting, testing & monitoring equipment.
• Prioritises own work and provides some assistance to other technical specialists.
• Manage all changes to defined Change Management Process.
• Travel will be required from time to time.
• Out of hours and weekend work will be required on a regular basis.